Top 370 Motivated Quotes

Oh first, let me tell you how amazed I am by the wealth of talents in the Philippines. I remember watching a lot of home videos about Filipino artists, and they are really very talented. That really motivated me to always do my best and to stay inspired.
Dinah Jane
I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say ‘vamos’ or ‘Canelo.’
Canelo Alvarez
I’m a very motivated person. I don’t need extra motivation.
Carson Wentz
Everyone gets motivated or inspired by different things.
Johanna Konta
Tanushree taught me how to do make-up when I didn’t even know how to hold a brush, She encouraged me to go to acting school when I was not confident about my personality and acting. She even got my pictures done by the best photographers in town. She motivated me to do my best.
Ishita Dutta
On a Spike Lee set, everybody seems to want to be there and is motivated to work in unison and do the best they can.
John David Washington
You know, exercise should always be fun otherwise you d

You know, exercise should always be fun otherwise you don’t feel motivated enough to hit the gym regularly.
Koel Mallick
I think history shows us that there is not one credible credential that has come from the for-profit reality, and that is because the for-profit reality is inherently motivated to maximize the level of people that take it.
Sal Khan
Historically, opposition to immigration in the United States has been racially and religiously motivated in the ugliest, nastiest way possible.
Grover Norquist
I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music.
Hozier
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.
Virat Kohli
Every player is motivated by different things and needs to be addressed accordingly.
Julian Nagelsmann
Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports.
Simon Mainwaring
When you’re motivated by external rewards, it’s often because you’re trying to accomplish goals you didn’t create yourself.
Rachel Simmons
Mercenaries, to me, were always able to switch sides because they’re motivated by cash. Deadpool has always been a shifty bastard.
Rob Liefeld
My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I’m traveling!
Laurie Hernandez
If you have to drag somebody to register, they’re not highly motivated.
Roger Stone
The bigger a company gets, the more people are involved in decisions, the slower decisions get made. Look, the whole theory of startups is that three motivated people can go and do something that every company can’t.
Garrett Camp
In the late 1960s, the New Classical economists saw the same weaknesses in the microfoundations of macroeconomics that have motivated me. They hated its lack of rigor. And they sacked it.
George Akerlof
The only people I’ve ever met who are really successful in their fields, regardless of what field that is, are people who are deeply passionate about the work they do every day and are motivated by a sense of purpose.
Ivanka Trump
If I hadn’t had the music teacher I had in high school and she hadn’t really pushed me and taken that extra step, I wouldn’t have been quite as motivated.
Sara Evans
To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn’t have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.
Andy Taylor
Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model – a superhero, if you like – who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle – then they would be motivated to move more.
Magnus Scheving
One thing that’s really important for me to be creatively motivated is to find an angle. Some people refer to that as a concept, which it is, in a sense, but not overtly. It’s just something I need to focus and hone in on, and the trajectory of what might be seen as a ‘concept’ gives me creative momentum.
Devin Townsend
I came to 170 and I got motivated and finally they started giving me ranked opponents.
Jorge Masvidal
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
Jean Cocteau
I am motivated to write because it is what I am meant to do. It is not a choice – it is what I am. I did not choose writing – it chose me. And I believe it is necessarily that way. Anyone doing this for some other reason should not be.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
I was in school studying International Studies and Sociology. I was really into what was going on in school. I was affected by the ideas and engaged as a student, but not disciplined or motivated enough to do the work. That was a fear of mine for a while, that nothing was motivating.
Kelela
Of course, you always give 100 percent, but at a home race you’re always more motivated, simply because you feel at home.
Sebastian Vettel
We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations.
Buzz Aldrin
The most fascinating powers don’t mean a thing if the guy’s poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won’t hurt a well-motivated character. Personality and motivation are what make Magneto, Magneto and not Cosmic Boy. The powers work for him, but it’s his motivation that makes him the character he is.
Kurt Busiek
I feel great. I feel like I’m in my 20s. I did have a lot of injuries, yes, but I feel great now. I think the path that I had did good things to my body and also my mind. I came back very motivated.
Vitali Klitschko
Sometimes people hear that you help somebody or you said something that really resonated with them that they really needed to hear. Sometimes people get motivated to go and do stuff. That makes me feel really good because I feel like I’m affecting people in a good way.
Tina Knowles
I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I’ve always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture.
Santiago Calatrava
I know I’m a binge eater and it sucks… but I am still motivated and I know mentally I feel better when I physically eat better.
Trisha Paytas
I think 90 per cent of players are still pursuing dreams of league titles and cups, but there is also a huge percentage of very good players who are strictly money motivated.
Jermaine Jenas
You don't always want to go do the same thing day after

You don’t always want to go do the same thing day after day because your body, as well as your mind, is not going to be as stimulated. You’re not going to want to work as hard or be as motivated.
Anna Kaiser
I’m incredibly lazy. On a day off, I’m more likely to be sitting on our sofa reading a book than out and about being active. I sometimes do a bit of yoga but I find it hard to get motivated for any kind of physical exercise.
Phoebe Fox
Although circumstances may change in the blink of an eye, people change at a slower pace. Even motivated people who welcome change often encounter stumbling blocks that make transformation more complicated than they’d originally anticipated.
Amy Morin
I’m motivated by a bottomless well of anger. It’s a joke, but I don’t think I don’t mean it.
Jon Lovett
Seriously, I faced a lot of anti-Semitism playing hockey as a kid. It motivated me to play well and to punch everyone who was anti-Semitic. I was taunted and called names. I’d either beat them with a goal or with my fists.
Harley Pasternak
I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.
Ricki-Lee Coulter
Basically, I’m motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.
Jimmy Cliff
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
Geeta Phogat
That is one of the problems big teams face – their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.
Michael Laudrup
I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust’s work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis.
Elaine Paige
When you are professional and working in a club like Everton, the obligation is to be motivated, to be focused.
Marco Silva
My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I’m supposed to do, that keeps me going.
Big Sean
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong’s story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.
Grete Waitz
All of my causes, including the most radical, are motivated by the defense of animals.
Brigitte Bardot
I have ideas. I hear voices. Words accumulate. It’s still an overriding impulse. And I’m self-employed, which means I have to be sensible and motivated about paying the bills.
Sarah Hall
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.
James Heckman
I don’t take any day for granted, I work hard, I’m motivated.
Gareth Thomas
Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they’re sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.
Sydney Pollack